Surgeons carry out spine surgery in the womb
Published Sunday 28 October 2018
By Maria Cohut
In a condition known as spina bifida, children are born with an exposed spinal cord, which causes numerous physical and developmental issues. Usually, surgeons will operate on spina bifida after birth, but a complex in utero surgery can allow the baby to develop better while still inside the mother's womb.
Prenatal spina bifida surgery can improve the child's development more than procedures performed after birth.
In a United Kingdom first, a team of specialists from University College London (UCL), University College London Hospitals (UCLH), and Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) performed surgeries on two different babies with spina bifida while they were still in their mothers' wombs.
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